Eric is an associate in the Tort and Insurance Litigation, Labor & Employment, and Healthcare Practice Groups of Cowles & Thompson. He represents clients on a wide range of legal matters including medical malpractice, premises liability, commercial litigation, transportation & trucking litigation, and employer-employee relations.
Eric Yepez is an associate in the Tort and Insurance Litigation, Labor & Employment, and Healthcare Practice Groups of Cowles & Thompson. He represents clients on a wide range of legal matters including medical malpractice, premises liability, commercial litigation, transportation & trucking litigation, and employer-employee relations.
Eric received his B.S. degree in Communications from the University of Texas at Austin in 2001 and his J.D. degree from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in 2007, where he served as a Notes & Comments Editor for the Texas Wesleyan Law Review. Additionally, as a law student, Eric interned for the 2nd Court of Appeals in Fort Worth, the 5th Court of Appeals in Dallas, and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Eric was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 2007.
Recent Accomplishments
- In April 2009, Richard Barrett-Cuetara, Eric Yepez and Melissa J. Pegram successfully resolved a $2 Million investment fraud case on behalf of their clients. The Firm's clients were investors, officers, shareholders and members of the board of directors of the defrauded corporation. The lawsuit alleged the President of the defrauded corporation had misappropriated corporate funds, breached his fiduciary duties, participated in “self-dealing”, and conspired with a national banking institution to usurp all ownership rights in the defrauded corporation in a “quid pro quo” arrangement of favorable loans to the President of the defrauded corporation in exchange for alleged bribery payments to the national banking institution. In a favorable settlement, the Firm's clients received the return of more than $1.5 Million dollars, representing approximately 75% of their initial investment of $2 Million dollars. Mr. Barrett-Cuetara and Mr. Yepez prosecuted the litigation, while Ms. Pegram analyzed various documents and transactions that were a part of this arrangement and also prepared the settlement documents, including the Settlement Agreement, the Promissory Note, a Pledge Agreement, utilizing stock in several corporations as security for payment of settlement obligations, corporate resolutions and consents, and Deeds of Trust to secure performance of obligations under the terms of the settlement documents.
- In August 2008, Richard Barrett Cuetara and Eric Yepez represented the purchaser of a retail shopping center that alleged both seller and real estate agent had fraudulently concealed construction defects in the building. The favorable settlement required the seller to enter into a 10 year lease with the owner and to repair the construction defects. The real estate agent's conduct violated TREC Rules.
Education:
- J.D., Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, 2007
- B.S. in Communications, University of Texas at Austin, 2001
Admissions:
Memberships & Affiliations:
- Member, State Bar of Texas
- Member, Dallas Bar Association
- Member, Dallas Hispanic Bar Association
- Member, J.L. Turner Legal Association
- Member, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
